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Outrage 84 – I Bought a Bar – K Scarry
David Beckemeyer
Advocacy, Bridge-Building, civic engagement, Civic Grace, community building, Conflict Resolution, Democracy & Civic Life, dialogue, Hospitality, media literacy, Narrative Storytelling, outrage culture, Relationship Building, Resilience, social cohesion, Special Focus / Current Events, Third Spaces, Urban Sociology, Washington D.C.Aired Mar 25, 2026 “I know a woman who literally purchased a bar in downtown DC because she was concerned about the lack of third spaces in her community.”– Kira Hamman After seven years working in the formal “bridge-building” industry, K Scarry realized that the people who most needed to talk to one another were…
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Everyone Watched the Same Event and Saw Something Different – Alison Sher
David Beckemeyer
activism, BLM, bridge building, critical thinking, culture war, echo chambers, ideology, journalism standards, media bias, media literacy, misinformation, moral psychology, outrage culture, political identity, political polarization, selective storytelling, social contagion, Special Focus / Current Events, tribalism, two-party systemAuthor and researcher Allison Sher spent years studying how outrage moves through media systems — and what it does to the people inside them. Her conclusion: the division we experience isn’t just a political problem. It’s a contagion, and most of us don’t realize we’ve been exposed. In this conversation, David and Allison explore the…
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Outrage 83 – Can Dinner Fix a Divided Society? – Tim Jones
David Beckemeyer
Aired Mar 4, 2026 Political polarization, social division, and declining trust are often blamed on media, algorithms, and social networks. But what if the problem is simpler, (but also more difficult), than that? What if we’ve forgotten how to sit down with people who aren’t like us? In this episode of Outrage Overload, we talk…
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Outrage 67 – Can AI Help Us Talk About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? – Adam Boaz Becker
David Beckemeyer
bridging divides, can AI help with peace, can Israelis and Palestinians talk to each other, civil conversations about Israel and Gaza, conflict resolution in the Middle East, conversations in conflict zones, dialogue between enemies, finding common ground, Gaza war conversations, how media fuels division, how to disagree better, how to talk about hard issues, how to talk about politics, Israel Palestine discussion, Israeli Palestinian conflict conversation, listening across political divides, media and tribalism, misinformation and conflict, news bias and Israel Palestine, outrage culture, peace talks Israel Palestine, polarization and peace, social media and polarization, talking across divides, tools for hard conversations, what Americans think about Israel Palestine, why is everyone talking about Israel and Gaza, why we’re so dividedAired Jun 25, 2025 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been complex — but in today’s hyperconnected world, it has become globalized. Whether you’re deeply informed or just starting to explore the issue, you’ve likely seen the outrage unfold online and in the news. In this episode of Outrage Overload, we sit down with Adam Boaz…
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Outrage 66 – What It Really Takes to Fix the Division in America – Rich Harwood
David Beckemeyer
Bridge-Building, bridging divides, civic engagement, civic renewal, community building, democracy reform, depolarization, grassroots action, healing America, local change, outrage culture, polarization, political division, rebuilding trust, Rich Harwood, social trust, The Harwood Institute, The New Civic Path, turning outwardAired Jun 11 2025 Are you tired of the division in America? Wondering how we can start fixing things instead of just fighting all the time? In this episode of Outrage Overload, host David Beckemeyer welcomes back Rich Harwood, founder of The Harwood Institute and author of the new book The New Civic Path: Restoring…
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Outrage 61 – Outraged! The New Science of Morality – Kurt Gray
David Beckemeyer
cancel culture, depolarization, digital media manipulation, echo chambers, Jonathan Haidt, Kurt Gray, media bias, moral outrage, moral psychology, outrage addiction, outrage culture, Outrage Industry, Outraged!, political discourse, political division, political polarization, psychology of outrage, social media algorithms, social media outrage, The Righteous Mind, toxic polarizationAired Apr 2 2025 For over a decade, The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt has shaped how we think about political polarization and moral psychology. It introduced moral foundations theory, helping us understand why people on different sides of the political spectrum see the world so differently. But in today’s outrage-driven landscape, is that framework…
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Outrage Overload is a podcast about the outrage industry, my journey to discover what it is, how it affects us, and what we can do about it.
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